| Paths of Resistance: Tradition and Dignity in Industrializing Missouri Contributor(s): Thelen, David R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195036670 ISBN-13: 9780195036671 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $232.65 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 1986 Annotation: The years between 1865 and 1920 were eventful ones for the sake of Missouri. It was not only the time of Jesse James, Scott Joplin, and Mark Twain, of progressive governors Joseph Folk and Herbert Hadley, of the first general strike in St. Louis and some especially vicious vigilante activity, it was also the time when Missouri, like many other states, was being transformed by the tides of industrialism and economic growth. This social history examines the social and economic forces that resisted economic development in Missouri. Here, Thelen explores the various ways that people attempted to maintain their values and dignity in the face of overwhelming new economic, cultural, and political pressures, and analyzes the grassroots patterns that emerged in response to rapid social change. Thelen, who is one of the leading historians of the Progressive period in America, contends that people found their strength not in class solidarity or other Marxist responses but in what he calls "the resistance of folk memories," which allowed them to call upon the best elements of their collective past to help them cope with the new situation. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economic Conditions - Business & Economics | Industries - General - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 330.977 |
| LCCN: 85007255 |
| Physical Information: 1.07" H x 6.38" W x 9.3" (1.48 lbs) 324 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Missouri |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The years between 1865 and 1920 were eventful ones for the sake of Missouri. It was not only the time of Jesse James, Scott Joplin, and Mark Twain, of progressive governors Joseph Folk and Herbert Hadley, of the first general strike in St. Louis and some especially vicious vigilante activity, it was also the time when Missouri, like many other states, was being transformed by the tides of industrialism and economic growth. This social history examines the social and economic forces that resisted economic development in Missouri. Here, Thelen explores the various ways that people attempted to maintain their values and dignity in the face of overwhelming new economic, cultural, and political pressures, and analyzes the grassroots patterns that emerged in response to rapid social change. Thelen, who is one of the leading historians of the Progressive period in America, contends that people found their strength not in class solidarity or other Marxist responses but in what he calls the resistance of folk memories, which allowed them to call upon the best elements of their collective past to help them cope with the new situation. |
